The Malta adventure continues. Yesterday i made my way to the island of Gozo, which is seriously about the size of Luther college. You can pretty much see every side of the island from any point on the island. Everything was very green, which was a lovely contrast against the blue water and dark gray sky. The weather didn't quite cooperate with my adventure, but it all worked out. It made out for some cool lighting and pictures.
Today is more laid back. Right now, everyone is tutoring the refugees at the camp in the southern part of the island. So i'm just kind of taking the afternoon off, relaxing. I am on vacation after all, right?? I had quite the amusing morning though...
Our destination was the Marsa Post Office, a couple of towns away from Sliema where we're staying. It was quite an adventure, again mostly due to the wonderful buses here. The first bus we were on was probably the funniest. We asked the lady sitting next to us where we should get off to get to the post office and she said she wasn't sure, so she turned to the lady next to her to ask her where to get off. Pretty soon the entire bus, packed with all locals, was talking about the post office in Marsa and were debating where we should actually get off. It was like a giant game of telephone. Hilarious. We were the only foreigners on the bus...haha. Eventually they all agreed on a stop and we got off. However, we had to ask about 5 more random people on the street where the post office was to finally reach it. But when we found the post office they were directing us to, it wasn't the right one...
So we went into a bank and asked for directions once again to the Marsa Post Office and they told us to get on a bus and just ask the driver to drop us off at the Marsa post office. So we find a bus and he drops us off right in front of the right one, and all is good. Except that when we got off the bus we all started walking the wrong direction, and then the bus driver honked at us and yelled that it was the other direction, and we look up at the bus and all the locals are looking at us and pointing in the opposite direction. Too funny. We basically caused an uproar on the Malta bus system today. It was an experience. We laughed a lot :)
I've also noticed that the Maltese people are much friendlier and more helpful than the French. You can smile and say hello to someone on the street here without worrying about the consequences. The bus drivers are usually pretty helpful in making sure you get to where you want to go, even if that means stopping somewhere where there isn't actually a bus stop. Plus there are so many old British couples here, most of whom have been here over a dozen times, that they are always more than happy to direct us in the right direction. They're always surprised to meet young Americans. They pretty much just ask us up front, what are you doing here??
As for the rest of the day, Audrey and I are going to adventure when she gets back from tutoring. I need to find something for us to go do... I'm hoping to find a pastizza, which is a flaky pastry with either a ricotta cheese or a mushy pea filling. It's a local specialty and apparently delicious. So in the words of my dad, I need to find a good hole in the wall and try one :)
Well that's all i know at the moment. I'll be sure to fill you in on my next couple of days later!
Kelsey
P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLLEEN!! WOO! YEAH 19! :) :) :)
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